# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Piety, Secrets, and Physic. Facing Epidemics through Shared Remedies in Early Modern Yiddish
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 09 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Public lecture by Dr. Daniella Zaidman-Mauer (University of Amsterdam)

Lecture in English.
Admission is free. Register via email: ijs@uantwerpen.be.

In times of epidemic, the mother tongue became a lifeline: Yiddish texts carried healing knowledge across religious and cultural boundaries into Jewish homes throughout early modern Europe. Drawing on sources that span from kabbalistic charms and sympathetic magic, through the materia medica of classical and Christian traditions, to the promotion of the first vaccine in history, Zaidman-Mauer demonstrates that Yiddish functioned as a vernacular bridge, making shared remedies accessible to ordinary readers. Branded "probatum est" (tried and tested), these cures reveal a worldview in which the boundaries between "segules" (sympathetic charms) and "refues" (natural cures), between prayer and physic, remained fluid. Piety and Yiddish worked in tandem: the sacred duty to preserve life demanded accessible knowledge, and the mother tongue became the vehicle through which epidemic remedies reached those who needed them most.

Daniella Zaidman-Mauer completed her PhD at the University of Amsterdam (Amsterdam School of Historical Studies), where she wrote her dissertation "Plague and Piety: Yiddish Medical Literature in Early Modern Europe" under the supervision of Prof. Irene Zwiep and Prof. Bart Wallet. Daniella also lectures on Early Modern Yiddish Literature and Modern Yiddish Language at the University of Amsterdam and Bar-Ilan University. Her doctoral dissertation has been accepted for publication as a monograph in the Palgrave Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Medicine series (Palgrave Macmillan), under the title "Yiddish Medicine in Early Modern Europe, 1679–1808: Plague and Piety".
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/antwerp/piety-secrets-and-physic-facing-epidemics-through-shared-remedies-in-early-modern-yiddish/200029770784431
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, fine-arts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 1

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Antwerp
- **state**: AN
- **country**: Belgium
- **location**: Stadscampus UAntwerpen, building R, room R.013, Rodestraat 14, 2000 Antwerpen
- **lat**: 51.22355
- **long**: 4.41273
- **full address**: Stadscampus UAntwerpen, building R, room R.013, Rodestraat 14, 2000 Antwerpen, Rodestraat 12, 2000 Antwerpen, België, Antwerp, Belgium

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Piety, Secrets, and Physic. Facing Epidemics through Shared Remedies in Early Modern Yiddish being held?
  - **A:** Piety, Secrets, and Physic. Facing Epidemics through Shared Remedies in Early Modern Yiddish takes place on Mon, 09 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Mon, 09 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm at Stadscampus UAntwerpen, building R, room R.013, Rodestraat 14, 2000 Antwerpen, Rodestraat 12, 2000 Antwerpen, België, Antwerp, Belgium.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Piety, Secrets, and Physic. Facing Epidemics through Shared Remedies in Early Modern Yiddish?
  - **A:** Piety, Secrets, and Physic. Facing Epidemics through Shared Remedies in Early Modern Yiddish is organized by Institute of Jewish Studies (University of Antwerp).
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Piety, Secrets, and Physic. Facing Epidemics through Shared Remedies in Early Modern Yiddish is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Antwerp, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Piety, Secrets, and Physic. Facing Epidemics through Shared Remedies in Early Modern Yiddish sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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